Funana

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The Funana is a mixed Portuguese and African music and dance from Santiago, Cape Verde. It is said that the lower part of the body movement is African, and the upper part Portuguese. In traditional African dances, the people dance only with the lower part of the body, and are not very good with the upper one, and the Portuguese are good in the upper part, but not as good in the lower. From the fusion resulted Funana, a very sensual and pair-dance which reminds the dances from two continents.

Funana is an accordion-based music genre.

Funana and Morna(expoente maximo de alegria e tristeza de um Cabo-verdiano) are the maximum expression of the Capeverdean joys and sadness through music.